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S1: Why is sexual intimacy so elusive for many couples?

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S2: Doctor Gary Chapman with a Love Language minute.

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S1: I believe it is because we have separated it from intellectual, emotional,

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S1: social and spiritual intimacy. Intimacy is that sense of closeness

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S1: that comes when we share life deeply with each other,

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S1: but it cannot be limited to the sharing of our bodies.

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S1: When we are critical, demanding and verbally abusive and then

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S1: try to have sex, we will not experience intimacy. Sexual

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S1: intimacy flows naturally from a loving marital relationship. If you

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S1: want greater sexual intimacy, then focus on building closeness in

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S1: the other areas of life. Spend time together. Give affirming words.

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S1: Pray together. Apologize for your failures. This is the road

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S1: to sexual intimacy.

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S2: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages.

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S2: For more, visit five Love Languages. Com.